An Internet-Based Consumer Resource for People with Low Back Pain (MyBackPain): Development and Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: People increasingly use the internet to obtain information about health complaints, including low back pain (LBP). LBP is the leading cause of disability internationally, and outcomes are worsening. There is an urgent need for resources that aid improvement of outcomes. There have been calls to engage consumers in the development of resources, but this has rarely been implemented. MyBackPain is a website that was developed with extensive involvement of consumers to ensure that the resource meets their needs for content and presentation. This paper aimed to describe the multistep process undertaken to develop the MyBackPain website and provide an extensive evaluation of its impact. Development of MyBackPain involved 10 steps, many of which have been published in the academic literature. The

SUBMITTER: Hodges PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7157509 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature